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Samet v. Proctor and Gamble Company

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Case Number:

5:12-cv-01891

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Court:

California Northern

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Other Statutory Actions

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Class Action

Judge:

Richard Seeborg

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  1. November 25, 2015

    Shoppers Defend Cert. Bid In P&G, Kellogg False Ad Suit

    A pair of consumers defended their right to sue Procter & Gamble and Kellogg over labels indicating Pringles potato chips contain "0 trans fat" and vegetarian ribs use "evaporated cane juice," respectively, telling a California judge on Wednesday that their testimony didn't undermine their bid for class certification as the companies had argued.

  2. October 29, 2015

    Shoppers Say P&G Labeling Suit Should Join Paused Actions

    Shoppers suing Procter & Gamble and Kellogg over allegedly misleading labels on Pringles potato chips and Morningstar vegetarian meats urged a California federal judge on Thursday stay their proposed class action pending the result of other labeling appeals in the Ninth Circuit, as he and other judges had recently paused similar suits.

  3. October 21, 2015

    P&G Says 9th Circ. Appeals Shouldn't Stay Pringles Label Suit

    P&G told a California federal judge on Tuesday that a proposed class action against the Pringles potato chips maker over supposedly misleading claims on its labels shouldn't be stayed because, contrary to the consumers' argument, pending decisions in other appeals don't present the same issues.

  4. October 07, 2015

    9th Circ. Appeals Should Halt Pringles Labeling Suit, Pair Says

    A pair of California consumers helming a proposed class action against the maker of Pringles potato chips over supposedly misleading claims on its labels asked a California federal judge Tuesday to stay the case pending Ninth Circuit decisions in three related false labeling suits.

  5. September 29, 2015

    P&G Says Pringles False Labeling Accuser Can't Justify Cert.

    The maker of Pringles potato chips on Monday slammed the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action who says the label's "0g trans fat" claim tricked her into believing the chips were healthy, telling a California federal judge that the woman's argument for class certification fails at every turn.

  6. August 25, 2015

    P&G, Kellogg Face Revived Payback Claim In Trans Fat Case

    A California federal judge agreed Monday to reconsider his order dismissing duplicative restitution claims from a proposed class action accusing Procter & Gamble Co. and Kellogg Co. of falsely labeling Pringles chips and other products containing trans fat as "healthy," finding that the Ninth Circuit recently provided the plaintiffs with new wiggle room.

  7. December 11, 2013

    Pringles Trans Fat Labeling Action Gets Trimmed

    A California federal judge on Tuesday trimmed a proposed class action alleging Pringles chips, MorningStar riblets and fruit snack products made by Procter & Gamble Co. and Kellogg Co. were deceptively labeled as healthy, but left intact claims related to Pringles' trans fat content labeling.

  8. September 25, 2013

    Procter & Gamble Says Pringles Labeling Suit Won't Fly

    The Procter & Gamble Co. on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging the company's Pringles chips have misleading labels about trans fat content, saying the plaintiffs can't sue on the sole basis that the product violated a federal food-labeling regulation.